"Her pregnancy has been going well and she is trying to take it easy in between press with her new film Far from the Madding Crowd and her show on Broadway."

Speaking about her marriage to the musician she told the Guardian last year: "I think I'm more settled and more secure that I've probably ever been, and more confident and excited about the work choices that I make."

Carey and Marcus, 28, married in April 2012 in a ceremony in Somerset, which was attended by a host of their A list pals.